Hurray for Death
In general, I think objectivism is pretty stupid. Especially all the stuff about how non-objectivists worship death and yearn to destroy all life. But every once in a while, I read something like this that makes me wonder:
(01-07) 10:05 PST PATONG BEACH, Thailand (AP) –
Greg Ferrando glistened with sweat and sea water as he went for a barefoot jog up the immaculate white sand beach, where the tsunami has wiped away almost all signs of humanity.
“This whole area was littered with commercialism,” said the 43-year-old from Maui, Hawaii. “There were hundreds of beach chairs out here. I prefer the sand.”
Ferrando is like many who believe the tsunami that devastated this tourist hotspot and killed thousands had one positive side: By washing away rampant development, it returned the beaches to nature.
Lovely.
If a natural disaster ever hits Vermont, kills a few thousand people, and takes out a Wal-Mart, I wonder how long it’ll take articles like this one to appear.